13 Unsolved: Courtney Fischer investigates cold case murder of Worthing High School student Trellis Sykes from 1994!

Houston, Texas — It’s been over 28 years since high school basketball star Trellis Sykes, 16, was murdered while walking to Worthing High School. On May 13, 1994, Trellis was strangled and raped in Sunnyside, and was found dead on Redbud Street, a few blocks from the house where she had been living with her grandmother. “It was really hard. Really, really hard,” says Pamela Sykes, Trellis’ aunt. Even after 28 years, Pamela struggled to talk about that day. Pam, her daughter, and her mother – who was also Trellis’…

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Texas True Crime: Elmer Wayne Henley’s request for release from prison denied!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A man serving six life sentences linked to the infamous Candyman murders in Houston will not be considered for release after he requested his release on medical grounds. Elmer Wayne Henley made headlines around the world in 1973 when he murdered Dean Curl and led police to the bodies of nearly 30 young men and boys. Henley admitted to participating in only six murders between 1970 and 1973 but was linked to several of the crimes, along with a young man named David Brooks. Henley applied…

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